Re: Guns cause suicide?

"Carl Nisarel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Suicide isn't 'means independent'. Suicides generally are
> impulsive acts and since guns are more effective, using a gun
> is more likely to lead to a successful suicide. The general
> literature on suicides does not support the 'method
> substitution theory'

Then kindly explain gun-free Japan's higher rate of suicide.